Derrel
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Let me say this. I've been taking flash photos for a long time. The best thing to do for the kind of photos you want is to put the flash in the hot shoe on top of the camera,zoom it to a telephoto setting, and bounce the flash off of walls or the ceiling, and possibly off of the small bounce card that is built into the flash, and in this way take good fast easy, and decently lighted photos of the grandbaby. There is no need for off-camera flash, or umbrellas, or a flash trigger, because you will have the flash in the hot shoe, and in this way you can easily aim the flash where it needs to be aimed at. With the flash zoomed to a telephoto length, such as 85mm, the bounce flash will be quite powerful, yet soft. Triggers are not needed. You're getting bad advice, from people who are thinking about their more-advanced flash set-ips and uses. What you want to shoot are very simple,quick, yet well-lighted family photos of an 18 month old, and the easiest way to do that is with a bounced flashlicated directly in the camera's hot shoe, ergo there is absolutely zero need for any type of trigger. You don't want a manual-only flash, you want one that has TTL capability. Spend $100-$150, and you will have an excellent flash.you do not need the most expensive flash, but you also do not want the very lowest priced one. A speedlight type flash that is manual-only is most likely a cheap unit.